Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
oops: rather damaged
(Photo: courtesy of
Lorraine Jenkins,
Port Lincoln Junior Primary School, South Australia)
The Caterpillars of this species are large and densely covered in black hairs. The caterpillars typically feed on:
Pupation occurs in a stout oval cocoon covered in erect black hairs from the skin of the caterpillar.
Each forewing of an adult moth of this species is grey with a number of parallel submarginal dark stripes, and a prominent white spot. The hindwings are each dark grey fading to pale yellow at the base. The moths have a wingspan of about 7 cms.
The species occurs in
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, pl. 13.13, p. 395.
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(updated 25 April 2011)